Q.3a. (continued) 



-Diversion of water source whcrcthc peat is dry and decomposing, often 



white and dr.- on surface clear!'. o\idiz:n:: and d;-!r.lL\;rr;n;: r-r 



-Severe grazing, with evidence of heavy trampling, vegetation rcmo\al and 

 nutrient addition. 



following four subaiteria? 



:;^-d ^-;.f-.: 



- Forested wetland where at least 50% of the tree canopy coverage is mature 

 trees, 80 yrs or older for softwoods and 50 >ts or older for hardwoods; and 



- Prcsccnce or seedlings or saplings of one or more of the dominant ovcrstory 

 tree species; and 



- Non-native species constitute less than 50% of herbaceous coverage; and 



- Area greater than 1 acre. 



No: Category II or Hi 

 (see Q. 5.) 



Q. 3c. Does the Estuarine Wetland satisfy any of the following three sub- 

 criteria? 



- Listed as a National Wildlife Refuge, National Park, National Estuary 

 Reserve, Natural Area Preserve or any preserve or reserve designated under 

 WAC 332-30-151; or 



- Greater than five acres; or 



- Less than five acres and satisfying any four of the following: 



- greater than 1 acre; or 



- contains at least two estuarine wetland habitat classes (Dcthicr, 

 1990); or 



- minimum existing e\idencc of human related physical alteration 

 (e.g., diking, ditching, filling, cultivating, grazing or introduced 

 spccies);or 



- contains functional tidal channel(s) or is connected to a tidal stream; 

 or 



- within 1/4 mile of other water bodies (e.g., lakes or wetlands 

 greater than one aae in size or streams or sloughs greater than 5 cubic 

 feet/second mean annual flow); or 



- within a watershed that has little to moderate p>oint or non- point 

 water quality problems cited by the Department of Ecology; or 



- adjacent land uses on more than 75 percent of the wetland border 

 consist of either agriculture, relatively undisturbed forest, or open 

 space or, if there are current or planned Industrial, Commercial, or 

 Residential adjacent uses there is/will be a high quality buffer at 

 least 100" wide. 



Yes: Category I 

 No: Category II 



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